Extensible vehicle



(No Model.)

0. P. WALDO.

EXTENSIBLE VEHICLE.

No. 362,129. Patented May 3, 1887.-

ATTORNEY N. PETERS. PMtO-Uthogmpber. Washingiom D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES P. IVALDO, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

EXTENSIBLE VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,129, dated May3,1887.

Application filed January 7, 1887. Serial No. 223,706. (No model.)

for its object to render the ordinary carriage convertible at will froma single to a double seated conveyance, or the reverse. I dothis bymaking the carriage or body with a removable central section, andproviding means for firmly attachingits sections. When used as asingleseated conveyance, the end sections are detachably fastened toeach other. with two seats, the end sections are detach ably connectedto the central section.

In the case of a carriage the running-gears are made correspondinglyextensible by a telescoping reach-pole. \Vith carriages as now ingeneral use two or more of each class must be kept to meet therequirements of individual and of family use. My invention makes the oneconveyance answer both purposes, by a construction which is simple,economical, and efficient.

In the drawings, like letters referring to like parts throughout, Figure1 is a side elevation of my invention as it appears in a two-seatedcarriage. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same as it appears after thecentral section has been removed and the running-gear is shortened for asingle-seated rig. Fig. 3 is a detail showing the removable section ofthe carriage-body.

A is the reach-pole connecting the two parts of the ordinaryrunning-gear. It is composed of the two parts, a and b. The former ismade hollow and the latter telescopes within the same. A pin, 0, securesthe parts of the reachpole in their extended or shortened positions.

B C D is the vehicle-body. of sections 13, G, and D.

E F is the top of the carriage, in two see It is composed When usedtions, E and F. The section E is attached to the removable body-sectionO. The top is a falling top, and is provided with the customary pivotedbraces, G G. The front brace, G, is detachably connected to G at g. Thefront part of the rear section, B, is made of exactly the same shape asthe front part of the middle section, 0, and the rear parts of the frontand central sections are alike in shape; hence the rear and frontsection will joint either together or to the central section in the samemanner. The sections may be connected in any suitable way. All that isnecessary is that the parts beheld firmly and detachably together. I mayconnect them by bolts and nuts, or I may use the principle of the commondoor-hinge, attaching one part to each section and connect ing them by acommon draw-bolt.

The operation is evident from the description already given. All that isnecessary to convert the conveyance from a double to a single rig is totake out the central section, telescope the reach-pole, and connect theend sections.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. In combination, asectional carriage-body composed of end sections anda removable central section, as described, a sectional carriage-top withone section attached to the removable section of the carriagebod y, andrunning' gear provided with a telescoping reachpole, substantially asand for the purpose described.

2. In combination, the sectional carriage body 13 O D, means,substantially as described, for detachably connecting the sections,sectional top F E, the section E being attached to the removablebody-section O, and the telescop ing reach-pole A, composed of thesections a and Z), and provided with the pin 0, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

CHARLES P. \VALDO.

In presence of-- EDWARD WALno, J. F. WILLIAMsoN.

